His numbers are completely wrong. For ISSTH, the first 130 chapters (431,882 characters) are free. (Typically, first 300-400k characters, about 100ish chapters are free)

The remaining 4.5 million characters will cost 13500-22500 Qidian points. At the lowest membership tier, 22500 Qidian points costs 225 CNY = 33.40 USD. If you are a high level VIP, it only costs 20 USD

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Translator grants to Publisher the exclusive rights to print, publish, distribute, make use of, sell and license the rights to any and all editions and/or formats of the Translation on Publisher’s website under paragraph 2a, in whole or in part, in the English language throughout the world.

I assumed that 'make use of' pertains to fulfilling any legal obligation (if any).

The only time a Translator can veto something is when monetization outside of WW is involved.

2a. Publisher has unrestricted rights to use the translation on Publisher’s website, www.wuxiaworld.com. If and when Publisher intends to make additional usage of the translation outside of Publisher’s website, a secondary agreement must first be reached between Publisher and Translator regarding the scope of usage and revenue share as appropriate. If a satisfactory agreement cannot be reached, Translator has the right to reject and veto the proposed additional usage.

And yes, WW translators can't hop sites anymore with the contract signed. It was implemented shortly after I informed Ren that I was considering Qidian's offer (before I officially moved).

Signing the rights over to the translation gives the translators some form of protection against lawsuits (from Qidian for example) as WW will bear the brunt of it. However, it also means the translator gives up certain rights in return for that.

No, the translations belong to the translators and no other party can use it.

However, the translations of a lot of WW novels have been signed over to WW. So WW is now the legal holder of the translations, not the translators.

The contract that WW MIGHT BE/ALLEGED TO BE bound to with their contract with QI might give QI free reign to use the translations because the translations now belong to the entity WW. The details about this final point is fuzzy at best since it involves the NDA-ed contract. Any disputes will likely be a legal battle.

So, as you can see, the unlicensed novels are not on QI yet since the said NDA contract doesn't bind those. Only the licensed ones are.

This is just an opinion from the side and doesn't represent QI or WW's standpoint. I don't really know the intricacies involved, but this is my educated guess.

More than a day definitely. I've been using it quite intensely recently, unlike when I was on MIUI, like leaving the screen on with a game (Lineage 2 Revolutions) running on it for 5 hours or so, and it still lasts a day or more.

Funny how they used the thing about LKY being a trained Cambridge lawyer, so how can he not understand his own will, and now they are saying that LKY would be hoodwinked by his son, ignoring the fact that he had been in cabinet for 3 decades...